Choral services

Sung prayer has been offered in Westminster Abbey nearly every day for over a thousand years. Today, services are sung daily during term time by the world-renowned Choir of Westminster Abbey, and by visiting choirs when the Abbey Choir is in recess.

The music sung ranges from Gregorian chant dating from the first millennium to contemporary music and encompasses the remarkable richness and variety of the Anglican choral tradition.

This week's choral services

All services|Organ recitals
6th - 12th September 2026
Sunday, 6th September 2026
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

plainsong Responses
Harris Te Deum laudamus in A flat
Howells Jubilate Deo in E flat
Howells Allegro impetuoso (Six Short Pieces)
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11.15am Sung Eucharist High Altar
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi munera
Guerrero Caro mea vere est cibus
Bach Prelude and Fugue in G

Preacher: The Venerable Jennifer Adams-Massmann Canon Steward and Archdeacon of Westminster
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3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

plainsong Lucis Creator optime 
Nixon Responses (Set III)
Sheppard The First Service
Giles He that hath my commandments
Buxtehude Praeludium in D

Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence
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Monday, 7th September 2026
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Eswatini

plainsong O lux beata Trinitas
plainsong Responses
Moore The First Service
Tallis A new commandment give I unto you
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Tuesday, 8th September 2026
The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Accession of His Majesty The King, 2022
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

The National Anthem
Gibbons, Barnard, and McKie Accession Responses
Sumsion Evening Service in A
Howells Behold, O God our defender
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Thursday, 10th September 2026
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Rutter Come, my joy
Ayleward Responses
Tomkins The Sixth Service
Purcell Thy word is a lantern unto my feet
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Friday, 11th September 2026
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

plainsong O lux beata Trinitas
Ayleward Responses
Byrd The Third Service
Gibbons O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not
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Saturday, 12th September 2026
3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Rutter Come, my joy
Ayleward Responses
Bingham The York Service
Bairstow Though I speak with the tongues of men
Bairstow Evening Song
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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.